| Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 30, 2012 Location: Detroit, MI Venue: Ford Field Attendance: 63616 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Percy Harvin 105 kickoff return (Blair Walsh kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Jason Hanson 40 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Blair Walsh 49 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Blair Walsh 27 FG | 13 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Jason Hanson 31 FG | 13 | 6 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Marcus Sherels 77 punt return (Blair Walsh kick) | 20 | 6 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Matthew Stafford 1 run (Jason Hanson kick) | 20 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 12 | WR | Percy Harvin |
| 81 | WR | Jerome Simpson |
| 75 | LOT | Matt Kalil |
| 74 | LOG | Charlie Johnson |
| 65 | C | John Sullivan |
| 63 | ROG | Brandon Fusco |
| 71 | ROT | Phil Loadholt |
| 82 | TE | Kyle Rudolph |
| 7 | QB | Christian Ponder |
| 28 | HB | Adrian Peterson |
| 40 | FB | Rhett Ellison |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Brian Robison |
| 98 | NT | Letroy Guion |
| 93 | UT | Kevin Williams |
| 69 | RDE | Jared Allen |
| 52 | SLB | Chad Greenway |
| 54 | MLB | Jasper Brinkley |
| 26 | LCB | Antoine Winfield |
| 33 | SS | Jamarca Sanford |
| 22 | FS | Harrison Smith |
| 20 | RCB | Chris Cook |
| 21 | DB | Josh Robinson |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 13 | WR | Nate Burleson |
| 81 | WR | Calvin Johnson |
| 76 | LOT | Jeff Backus |
| 67 | LOG | Rob Sims |
| 51 | C | Dominic Raiola |
| 66 | ROG | Stephen Peterman |
| 77 | ROT | Gosder Cherilus |
| 87 | TE | Brandon Pettigrew |
| 71 | TE | Riley Reiff |
| 9 | QB | Matthew Stafford |
| 25 | RB | Mikel Leshoure |
| Defense | ||
| 92 | LDE | Cliff Avril |
| 91 | LDT | Sammie Lee Hill |
| 90 | RDT | Ndamukong Suh |
| 93 | RDE | Kyle Vanden Bosch |
| 52 | LLB | Justin Durant |
| 55 | MLB | Stephen Tulloch |
| 54 | RLB | DeAndre Levy |
| 23 | LCB | Chris Houston |
| 34 | SS | Erik Coleman |
| 39 | FS | Ricardo Silva |
| 28 | RCB | Bill Bentley |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Adrian Peterson | 21 | 102 | 4.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Percy Harvin | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Toby Gerhart | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Christian Ponder | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mikel Leshoure | 13 | 26 | 2.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Matthew Stafford | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 9 | 1 |
| Nate Burleson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Titus Young | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Joique Bell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Christian Ponder | 26 | 16 | 61.5 | 0 | 111 | 4.3 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 71.2 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Matthew Stafford | 51 | 30 | 58.8 | 0 | 319 | 6.3 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 77.2 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jerome Simpson | 5 | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Adrian Peterson | 4 | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Percy Harvin | 6 | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Kyle Rudolph | 5 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Toby Gerhart | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Michael Jenkins | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| John Carlson | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Brandon Pettigrew | 9 | 7 | 67 | 9.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Joique Bell | 8 | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Calvin Johnson | 12 | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Nate Burleson | 8 | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 26 | 0 |
| Mikel Leshoure | 5 | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Titus Young | 3 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Tony Scheffler | 3 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Keiland Williams | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ryan Broyles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chris Kluwe | 6 | 259 | 43.2 | 52 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Nick Harris | 5 | 198 | 39.6 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Marcus Sherels | 1 | 3 | 77 | 77.0 | 77t | 1 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Stefan Logan | 3 | 1 | 35 | 11.7 | 27 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||
| Blair Walsh | 5 | 325 | 65.0 | 5 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||
| Jason Hanson | 4 | 216 | 54.0 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Percy Harvin | 1 | 0 | 105 | 105.0 | 105t | 1 |
| Christian Ballard | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Rhett Ellison | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Everson Griffen | 2.0 | 21.0 |
| Letroy Guion | 2.0 | 7.0 |
| Jared Allen | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Kyle Vanden Bosch | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Cliff Avril | 0.5 | 5.0 |
| Ndamukong Suh | 0.5 | 5.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Chad Greenway | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Winfield | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jasper Brinkley | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Robinson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamarca Sanford | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Jared Allen | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Everson Griffen | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Robison | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Letroy Guion | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marvin Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Williams | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Ballard | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harrison Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Cook | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cullen Loeffler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| DeAndre Levy | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Coleman | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Tulloch | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Durant | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Bentley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricardo Silva | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Houston | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Avril | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Vanden Bosch | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Lacey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ndamukong Suh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Fairley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Titus Young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammie Lee Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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